README brief text description of the code
pdpta_pthreads.fm.ps PDPTA'99 paper discussing Pthreads tests
hpdc.2col.color.fm.ps HPDC 8 paper discussing accurate tests for fan-out MPI collective operations
autodist.c code for main part of test harness, including automatic data point generation
autodist.h header file for autodist.c functions
automeasure.c code for determining if measurement is complete and computing basic result
automeasure.h header file for automeasure.c functions
bind.c code to make bind interface work correctly on Sun platforms (resolves a CPU numbering issue)
col_test1.h header file for MPI collective tests
data_list.c code for result lists functions
mw.c code for MPI master/worker tests (SKaMPI artifact; use at your own risk)
mw_test1.h header file for MPI master/worker tests
p2p_test1.h header file for MPI point-to-point tests
pattern.h header file for test patterns
pqtypes.c code for priority queue functions
pqtypes.h header file for priority queue functions
simple_test1.h header file for Pthreads tests
sphinx.c code for main function
sphinx.h primary header file
sphinx_any.h debugging,utility functions header file
sphinx_aux.h extern variables header file
sphinx_aux_test.c code for auxiliary measurements mechanism functions
sphinx_aux_test.h header file for auxiliary measurements mechanism functions
sphinx_call.c code for functions for setting up independent variable values in measurement structure
sphinx_call.h header file for functions for setting up independent variable values in measurement structure
sphinx_col.c code for MPI collective tests
sphinx_error.c code for error functions
sphinx_error.h header file for error functions
sphinx_mem.c code for memory allocation, message buffer set up functions
sphinx_mem.h header file for memory allocation, message buffer set up functions
sphinx_omp.c code for OpenMP tests
sphinx_omp.h header file for OpenMP tests
sphinx_p2p.c code for MPI point-to-point tests
sphinx_params.c code for reading in input file, setting up parameters and tests
sphinx_params.h header file for sphinx_params.c functions
sphinx_post.c code for post-processing (SKaMPI artifact; use at your own risk)
sphinx_post.h header file for sphinx_post.c functions
sphinx_simple.c code for simple pattern and tests
sphinx_threads.c code for Pthreads tests
sphinx_threads.h header file for processor binding routines needed for PThreads tests
sphinx_tools.c code for utility functions
sphinx_tools.h header file for utility functions
yieldtest.c code for simple stand-alone test to determine if thread scheduling is round robin when threads are bound to same CPU and call sched_yield
sphinx_defaults text file showing default values for Sphinx input file parameters
test.sphinx sample input file for MPI tests
test.sphinx.old sample old style input file for MPI tests
test.sphinx.threads sample input file for Pthreads tests
test.sphinx.threads.old sample old style input file for Pthreads tests
test.sphinx.root.acker sample input file for accurate fan-out MPI collective tests
test.sphinx.pdpta.dec
test.sphinx.pdpta.dec.timeslice
test.sphinx.pdpta.ibm
test.sphinx.pdpta.sgi
test.sphinx.pdpta.sun
input files corresponding to PDTPA'99 paper
test.sphinx.col.15per.white.MPICH.scale.new
test.sphinx.col.15per.white.scale
test.sphinx.col.15per.white.scale.new
test.sphinx.col.15per.white.scale.shmem.new
test.sphinx.col.15per.white.scale.shmem.new.fillin
test.sphinx.col.16per.white.MPICH.scale.new
test.sphinx.col.16per.white.scale
test.sphinx.col.16per.white.scale.new
test.sphinx.col.16per.white.scale.shmem.new
test.sphinx.col.1per.blue
test.sphinx.col.1per.blue.new
test.sphinx.col.1per.snow
test.sphinx.col.1per.snow.MPICH
test.sphinx.col.1per.snow.MPICH.new
test.sphinx.col.1per.snow.new
test.sphinx.col.1per.white.MPICH.scale.new
test.sphinx.col.1per.white.scale
test.sphinx.col.1per.white.scale.new
test.sphinx.col.3per.blue
test.sphinx.col.3per.blue.new
test.sphinx.col.4per.blue
test.sphinx.col.4per.blue.new
test.sphinx.col.7per.snow
test.sphinx.col.7per.snow.MPICH
test.sphinx.col.7per.snow.MPICH.new
test.sphinx.col.7per.snow.new
test.sphinx.col.7per.snow.shmem
test.sphinx.col.7per.snow.shmem.new
test.sphinx.col.8per.snow
test.sphinx.col.8per.snow.MPICH
test.sphinx.col.8per.snow.MPICH.new
test.sphinx.col.8per.snow.new
test.sphinx.col.8per.snow.shmem
test.sphinx.col.8per.snow.shmem.new
test.sphinx.col2.1per.blue
test.sphinx.col2.1per.blue.16
test.sphinx.col2.1per.blue.MPICH
test.sphinx.col2.1per.snow
test.sphinx.col2.1per.snow.8
test.sphinx.col2.1per.snow.MPICH
test.sphinx.col2.1per.snow.MPICH.8
test.sphinx.col2.3per.blue
test.sphinx.col2.4per.blue
test.sphinx.col2.4per.blue.8
test.sphinx.col2.7per.snow
test.sphinx.col2.7per.snow.MPICH
test.sphinx.col2.7per.snow.shmem
test.sphinx.col2.7per.snow.shmem.long
test.sphinx.col2.8per.snow
test.sphinx.col2.8per.snow.MPICH
test.sphinx.col2.8per.snow.shmem
test.sphinx.col2.8per.snow.shmem.long
test.sphinx.p2p.1node.blue
test.sphinx.p2p.1node.blue.shmem
test.sphinx.p2p.1node.frost
test.sphinx.p2p.1node.frost.shmem
test.sphinx.p2p.1node.snow
test.sphinx.p2p.1node.snow.MPICH
test.sphinx.p2p.1node.snow.MPICH.shmem
test.sphinx.p2p.1node.snow.shmem
test.sphinx.p2p.2nodes.blue
test.sphinx.p2p.2nodes.frost
test.sphinx.p2p.2nodes.snow
test.sphinx.p2p.2nodes.snow.MPICH
test.sphinx.p2p.2nodes.snow.new
test.sphinx.threads.blue
test.sphinx.threads.frost
test.sphinx.threads.snow
test.sphinx.threads.snow.new
input files for ASCI PSE Milepost te

Building the Code

To build the code, type "make ARCH_COMPILER_MPI_OPTION" where ARCH_COMPILER_MPI_OPTION names the platform/compiler/MPI implementation that you want. For example, to build the IBM SP version that uses IBM's MPI library, type "Make IBM" while "Make IBM_MPICH" uses MPICH instead. For the full list of currently supported ARCH_COMPILER_MPI_OPTION choices, see the Makefile. It may be necessary to edit the Makefile.ARCH.COMPILER.MPI_OPTION file depending on the location of your compiler, etc. or to add a new one.

Running the Code

The basic command for running the code is:

sphinx_version input_filename

If input_filename is omitted then a simple MPI pingpong test is run. The exact command to run the code depends on the system (i.e. use poe on IBM SPs). Use the machine's parallel job start up mechanism to determine the number of MPI tasks. The OpenMP function omp_get_max_threads determines the limit on OpenMP threads although a lower limit can be specified in the input file.